I think since BlackBerry initiated their portal on icanmakeitbetter and started receiving ideas and they are listening. If you following the ideas posted there, you will notice that they are coming to implementation in latest SW updates.

Please post this on Blackberry.icanmakeitbetter.com and you got my vote on it

Why Can't BlackBerry make Software for Linux Users. So we Dont want to install Windows for BB-Link/BB-Blend.

Note:- I tried Blend and Link Using Linux Wine. but i dont like the way it work's and its too laggy

I am not familiar with how Link is created for Mac but it appears that Link for Windows is heavily dependent on Microsoft suite of compilers.

Meanwhile, Blend for Windows is apparently built with Qt so that it may be easily portable to the other platforms. I would send an e-mail to ideamailbox@blackberry.com to beg for a Linux / Unix edition of Blend.

As pointed out, Blend is built using Qt it probably works as is except for the drivers part.

Also OP you're not supposed to run Blend on a server, most users use Windows/OSX so that's probably why BlackBerry can't be bothered into making Link/Blend for Linux, I would love it though, also they do provide Momentics for Linux because is based off eclipse which is written Java so it probably shares 100% of the code with the windows version, Momentics for Linux sucks big time though(except on Ubuntu)

And For a Regular Desktop i use Linux Mint/Ubuntu. Not Windows (I Hate Using the Next,Next,Finish) Options.

I agree that Link and Blend use Desktop Operating Systems. But There is a large number of Users using Dual boot in thieir Laptop/PC just to run BB-Link/Blend.

Why Can't BlackBerry make Software for Linux Users. So we Dont want to install Windows for BB-Link/BB-Blend.

Note:- I tried Blend and Link Using Linux Wine. but i dont like the way it work's and its too laggy

There's one big problem with those market share numbers you quote. They're for the SERVER market.

Blend/Link are DESKTOP software, and I'm sure you're aware that the market share is VERY different on that side. I'm sure if BlackBerry found that 40% of their own customers were on some kind of *nix desktop that they'd revisit this decision, but you can appreciate that it's hard to put that much time and money into an application that less than 2% of your customers are likely to even want.

I don't think BlackBerry is in a position to pick and choose. There's a higher chance that someone's running a Linux OS than someone is holding a BlackBerry. Developers should support all systems more in my opinion, especially outliers like BlackBerry and Linux.

I don't think BlackBerry is in a position to pick and choose. There's a higher chance that someone's running a Linux OS than someone is holding a BlackBerry. Developers should support all systems more in my opinion, especially outliers like BlackBerry and Linux.

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Yes, except they don't have enough resources to play around. If I am correct even Momentics wasn't on Linux at the beginning, but it is now because there were enough requests.

I've said this before and I guess I'm going to say it again. So how many flavors of Linux do you want to support, compile for. Either .rpm or .deb packages or whatever someone else needs. With Linux, you have to go so many different routes to satisfy one crowd.

I don't think BlackBerry is in a position to pick and choose. There's a higher chance that someone's running a Linux OS than someone is holding a BlackBerry. Developers should support all systems more in my opinion, especially outliers like BlackBerry and Linux.

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Actually, that isn't true. When you hear "BB has >1% market share" that relates to current sales. In terms of phones still actually out there and in use BB's share is still above Linux.

I've said this before and I guess I'm going to say it again. So how many flavors of Linux do you want to support, compile for. Either .rpm or .deb packages or whatever someone else needs. With Linux, you have to go so many different routes to satisfy one crowd.

No need to repeat your misunderstanding of what's the point of .rpm or .deb etc. are. Those are just packages and BB team has no need to worry about those.
If source code is available, any distro can make their specific tweaks and build the packages so users can install the software quickly. Even for binary blobs, if needed.

Code can be compiled to/on/in any Linux distribution if the code is written to be compiled for GNU/Linux environment.
Even the programming language has low importance, unless it has no Linux compiler and is written only for MS specifics (aka OS vendor lock-in) Only one who loses in this game, is the customer - YOU!

As pointed out, Blend is built using Qt it probably works as is except for the drivers part.
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No one need driver part for remote/network bounded Blend connections. Only on direct USB network is small problem, but is used with SDK also on LInux. I don't see any lockstopper to have Qt5 Blend on Linux desktop.. Only BB hold it away ..

Ok, one more time : you know that Android is based on a Linux kernel ? You know that there is an Android version of Blend ? You know that, now, we can run Android app on all platform (from Windows to MacOS and Linux) with a cool package with Android runtimes (search the web) ?